A federal judge was also shot and is dead. The New York Times reports that the judge was involved in immigration cases and had received death threats. Thirteen people were wounded and 5 were killed in the attack. The federal judge and a nine year-old girl were among the dead.

During the fall campaign, Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate, posted a controversial map on her Facebook page depicting spots where Democrats were running for re-election; those Democrats were noted by crosshairs symbols like those seen through the scope of a gun. Ms. Giffords was among those on Ms. Palin’s map, which later removed the crosshairs symbols.